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Charles University: Prague, CZ

2003-01-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Zoology)
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Pavel Nemec

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Distinct retinal ganglion cell types in strictly subterranean, naturally microphthalmic mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Avaroth Bhaskaran; Zuzana Vondráčková; Abhishek Koladiya; Martin Čapek; Francesco Dionigi; Sabine Begall; Hynek Burda; Leo Peichl; Pavel Němec
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Light conditions and the evolution of the visual system in birds

Evolution
2024-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Arkadiusz Fröhlich; Simon Ducatez; Pavel Neˇmec; Daniel Sol; Molly Cummings; Miriam Zelditch
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Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species

Journal of Comparative Neurology
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Vaishnavi Balaji; Silke Haverkamp; Pranav Kumar Seth; Anja Günther; Ezequiel Mendoza; Jessica Schmidt; Maike Herrmann; Leonie Lovis Pfeiffer; Pavel Němec; Constance Scharff et al.
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Neuron numbers link innovativeness with both absolute and relative brain size in birds

Nature Ecology and Evolution
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85133856221

Part of ISSN: 2397334X
Contributors: Sol, D.; Olkowicz, S.; Sayol, F.; Kocourek, M.; Zhang, Y.; Marhounová, L.; Osadnik, C.; Corssmit, E.; Garcia-Porta, J.; Martin, T.E. et al.
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The evolution of brain neuron numbers in amniotes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125979299

Part of ISSN: 10916490 00278424
Contributors: Kverková, K.; Marhounová, L.; Polonyiová, A.; Kocourek, M.; Zhang, Y.; Olkowicz, S.; Straková, B.; Pavelková, Z.; Vodička, R.; Frynta, D. et al.
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Author Correction: A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types (Nature Neuroscience, (2020), 23, 12, (1456-1468), 10.1038/s41593-020-0685-8)

Nature Neuroscience
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85102755890

Part of ISSN: 15461726 10976256
Contributors: Yuste, R.; Hawrylycz, M.; Aalling, N.; Aguilar-Valles, A.; Arendt, D.; Armañanzas, R.; Ascoli, G.A.; Bielza, C.; Bokharaie, V.; Bergmann, T.B. et al.
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Brain size and neuron numbers drive differences in yawn duration across mammals and birds

Communications Biology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85105462387

Part of ISSN: 23993642
Contributors: Massen, J.J.M.; Hartlieb, M.; Martin, J.S.; Leitgeb, E.B.; Hockl, J.; Kocourek, M.; Olkowicz, S.; Zhang, Y.; Osadnik, C.; Verkleij, J.W. et al.
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Comparison of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid proteomes identifies gene products guiding adult neurogenesis and neural differentiation in birds

Scientific Reports
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85102606302

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Voukali, E.; Veetil, N.K.; Němec, P.; Stopka, P.; Vinkler, M.
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Expression of cell markers and transcription factors in the avian retina compared with that in the marmoset retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85107797955

Part of ISSN: 10969861 00219967
Contributors: Haverkamp, S.; Albert, L.; Balaji, V.; Němec, P.; Dedek, K.
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Publisher Correction: A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types (Nature Neuroscience, (2020), 23, 12, (1456-1468), 10.1038/s41593-020-0685-8)

Nature Neuroscience
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85097102400

Part of ISSN: 15461726 10976256
Contributors: Yuste, R.; Hawrylycz, M.; Aalling, N.; Aguilar-Valles, A.; Arendt, D.; Arnedillo, R.A.; Ascoli, G.A.; Bielza, C.; Bokharaie, V.; Bergmann, T.B. et al.
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Long‐term stability of sex chromosome gene content allows accurate qPCR‐based molecular sexing across birds

Molecular Ecology Resources
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sofia Mazzoleni; Pavel Němec; Tomáš Albrecht; Petros Lymberakis; Lukáš Kratochvíl; Michail Rovatsos
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Determinate growth is predominant and likely ancestral in squamate reptiles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2020-12-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Petra Frýdlová; Jana Mrzílková; Martin Šeremeta; Jan Křemen; Jan Dudák; Jan Žemlička; Bernd Minnich; Kristina Kverková; Pavel Němec; Petr Zach et al.
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A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types.

Nature neuroscience
2020-12-01 | Journal article
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Eyes are essential for magnetoreception in a mammal

Journal of The Royal Society Interface
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kai R. Caspar; Katrin Moldenhauer; Regina E. Moritz; Pavel Němec; E. Pascal Malkemper; Sabine Begall
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Individual and age-related variation of cellular brain composition in a squamate reptile

Biology Letters
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristina Kverková; Alexandra Polonyiová; Lukáš Kubička; Pavel Němec
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The evolution of brain structure captured in stereotyped cell count and cell type distributions

Current Opinion in Neurobiology
2020-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0959-4388
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A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types

arXiv
2019 | Other
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2-s2.0-85094248095

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Yuste, R.; Hawrylycz, M.; Aalling, N.; Arendt, D.; Armananzas, R.; Ascoli, G.; Bielza, C.; Bokharaie, V.; Bergmann, T.; Bystron, I. et al.
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Universality of indeterminate growth in lizards rejected: the micro-CT reveals contrasting timing of growth cartilage persistence in iguanas, agamas, and chameleons

Scientific Reports
2019-12-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Petra Frýdlová; Jana Mrzílková; Martin Šeremeta; Jan Křemen; Jan Dudák; Jan Žemlička; Pavel Němec; Petr Velenský; Jiří Moravec; Daniel Koleška et al.
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Artificial selection on brain size leads to matching changes in overall number of neurons

Evolution
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucie Marhounová; Alexander Kotrschal; Kristina Kverková; Niclas Kolm; Pavel Němec
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The topography of rods, cones and intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the retinas of a nocturnal (Micaelamys namaquensis) and a diurnal (Rhabdomys pumilio) rodent

PLOS ONE
2018-08-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ingrid van der Merwe; Gianluca Tosini; Ákos Lukáts; Veronika Bláhová; Maria K. Oosthuizen; Nigel C. Bennett; Pavel Němec
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Sociality does not drive the evolution of large brains in eusocial African mole-rats

Scientific Reports
2018-06-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristina Kverková; Tereza Bělíková; Seweryn Olkowicz; Zuzana Pavelková; M. Justin O’Riain; Radim Šumbera; Hynek Burda; Nigel C. Bennett; Pavel Němec
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Patterns of growth in monitor lizards (Varanidae) as revealed by computed tomography of femoral growth plates

Zoomorphology
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000396049100008

Contributors: Frydlova, Petra; Nutilova, Vendula; Dudak, Jan; Zemlicka, Jan; Nemec, Pavel; Velensky, Petr; Jirasek, Tomas; Frynta, Daniel
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Selective binocular vision loss in two subterranean caviomorph rodents: Spalacopus cyanus and Ctenomys talarum

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
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WOS:000393649200001

Contributors: Vega-Zuniga, T.; Medina, F. S.; Marin, G.; Letelier, J. C.; Palacios, A. G.; Nemec, P.; Schleich, C. E.; Mpodozis, J.
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Absolute, not relative brain size correlates with sociality in ground squirrels

Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
2016 | Journal article
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WOS:000375732500018

Contributors: Mateju, Jan; Kratochvil, Lukas; Pavelkova, Zuzana; Ricankova, Vera Pavelkova; Vohralik, Vladimir; Nemec, Pavel
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Behavioural Tests Reveal Severe Visual Deficits in the Strictly Subterranean African Mole-Rats (Bathyergidae) but Efficient Vision in the Fossorial Rodent Coruro (Spalacopus cyanus, Octodontidae)

Ethology
2016 | Journal article
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WOS:000379614900007

Contributors: Kott, Ondrej; Nemec, Pavel; Fremlova, Aneta; Mazoch, Vladimir; Sumbera, Radim
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Birds have primate-like numbers of neurons in the forebrain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
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WOS:000379033400074

Contributors: Olkowicz, Seweryn; Kocourek, Martin; Lucan, Radek K.; Portes, Michal; Fitch, W. Tecumseh; Herculano-Houzel, Suzana; Nemec, Pavel
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Evolution and Development of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

Brain Behavior and Evolution
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000334990800006

Contributors: Molnar, Zoltan; Kaas, Jon H.; de Carlos, Juan A.; Hevner, Robert F.; Lein, Ed; Nemec, Pavel
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Light propagation in burrows of subterranean rodents: tunnel system architecture but not photoreceptor sensitivity limits light sensation range

Journal of Zoology
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000341508600008

Contributors: Kott, O.; Moritz, R. E.; Sumbera, R.; Burda, H.; Nemec, P.
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Odours stimulate neuronal activity in the dorsolateral area of the hippocampal formation during path integration

Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000334411600020

Contributors: Jorge, P. E.; Phillips, J. B.; Goncalves, A.; Marques, P. A. M.; Nemec, P.
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Spontaneous expression of magnetic compass orientation in an epigeic rodent: the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus

Naturwissenschaften
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000338998900005

Contributors: Oliveriusova, Ludmila; Nemec, Pavel; Pavelkova, Zuzana; Sedlacek, Frantisek
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Magnetic alignment in mammals and other animals

Mammalian Biology
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000314004700003

Contributors: Begall, Sabine; Malkemper, E. Pascal; Cerveny, Jaroslav; Nemec, Pavel; Burda, Hynek
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Magnetic Alignment in Carps: Evidence from the Czech Christmas Fish Market

Plos One
2012 | Journal article
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WOS:000312588200100

Contributors: Hart, Vlastimil; Kusta, Tomas; Nemec, Pavel; Blahova, Veronika; Jezek, Milos; Novakova, Petra; Begall, Sabine; Cerveny, Jaroslav; Hanzal, Vladimir; Malkemper, Erich Pascal et al.
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Magnetic compass orientation in two strictly subterranean rodents: learned or species-specific innate directional preference?

Journal of Experimental Biology
2012 | Journal article
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WOS:000309543600021

Contributors: Oliveriusova, Ludmila; Nemec, Pavel; Kralova, Zuzana; Sedlacek, Frantisek
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Further support for the alignment of cattle along magnetic field lines: reply to Hert et al.

Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
2011 | Journal article
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WOS:000298628000003

Contributors: Begall, S.; Burda, H.; Cerveny, J.; Gerter, O.; Neef-Weisse, J.; Nemec, P.
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The Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii Cysts in the Brain of a Mouse with Latent Toxoplasmosis: Implications for the Behavioral Manipulation Hypothesis

Plos One
2011 | Journal article
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WOS:000298369100127

Contributors: Berenreiterova, Miroslava; Flegr, Jaroslav; Kubena, Ales A.; Nemec, Pavel
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Changing and shielded magnetic fields suppress c-Fos expression in the navigation circuit: input from the magnetosensory system contributes to the internal representation of space in a subterranean rodent

Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2010 | Journal article
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WOS:000280332700003

Contributors: Burger, Tomas; Lucova, Marcela; Moritz, Regina E.; Oelschlaeger, Helmut H. A.; Druga, Rastislav; Burda, Hynek; Wiltschko, Wolfgang; Wiltschko, Roswitha; Nemec, Pavel
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Light Perception in Two Strictly Subterranean Rodents: Life in the Dark or Blue?

Plos One
2010 | Journal article
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WOS:000280520100004

Contributors: Kott, Ondrej; Sumbera, Radim; Nemec, Pavel
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Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields disrupt magnetic alignment of ruminants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2009 | Journal article
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WOS:000264967500047

Contributors: Burda, Hynek; Begall, Sabine; Cerveny, Jaroslav; Neef, Julia; Nemec, Pavel
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The visual system in subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae): Retina, subcortical visual nuclei and primary visual cortex

Brain Research Bulletin
2008 | Journal article
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WOS:000255099000029

Contributors: Nemec, Pavel; Cvekova, Pavla; Benada, Oldrich; Wielkopolska, Ewa; Olkowicz, Seweryn; Turlejski, Kris; Burda, Hynek; Bennett, Nigel C.; Peichl, Leo
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Magnetic compass: A useful tool underground

Subterranean Rodents: News From Underground
2007 | Journal article
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WOS:000252898600012

Contributors: Moritz, Regina E.; Burda, Hynek; Begall, Sabine; Nemec, Pavel; Begall, S; Burda, H; Schleich, CE
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Magnetic compass: A useful tool underground

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground
2007 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84855635078

Contributors: Moritz, R.E.; Burda, H.; Begall, S.; Němec, P.
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Visual systems and the role of vision in subterranean rodents: Diversity of retinal properties and visual system designs

Subterranean Rodents: News From Underground
2007 | Journal article
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WOS:000252898600011

Contributors: Nemec, Pavel; Cvekova, Pavla; Burda, Hynek; Benada, Oldrich; Peichl, Leo; Begall, S; Burda, H; Schleich, CE
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Visual systems and the role of vision in subterranean rodents: Diversity of retinal properties and visual system designs

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground
2007 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84920131712

Contributors: Němec, P.; Cveková, P.; Burda, H.; Benada, O.; Peichl, L.
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Middle ear ossicles as a diagnostic trait in African mole-rats (rodentia : Bathyergidae)

African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems
2005 | Journal article
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WOS:000231504700034

Contributors: Lange, S; Burda, H; Bennett, NC; Nemec, P; Huber, BA; Sinclair, BJ; Lampe, KH
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Towards the neural basis of magnetoreception: a neuroanatomical approach

Naturwissenschaften
2005 | Journal article
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WOS:000228729700001

Contributors: Nemec, P; Burda, H; Oelschlager, HHA
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Subcortical visual system of the African mole-rat Cryptomys anselli: to see or not to see?

European Journal of Neuroscience
2004 | Journal article
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WOS:000222716200015

Contributors: Nemec, P; Burda, H; Peichl, L
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Unusual cone and rod properties in subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

European Journal of Neuroscience
2004 | Journal article
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WOS:000220519500012

Contributors: Peichl, L; Nemec, P; Burda, H
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S-Cone dominance in the retinae of subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
2003 | Journal article
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WOS:000184607001631

Contributors: Peichl, L; Nemec, P; Burda, H
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Neuroanatomy of magnetoreception: The superior colliculus involved in magnetic orientation in a mammal

Science
2001 | Journal article
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WOS:000171601400042

Contributors: Nemec, P; Altmann, J; Marhold, S; Burda, H; Oelschlager, HHA
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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